Adverb: originally u'ri-ji-nu-lee or u'ri-jun-lee or u'rij-nu-lee
- With reference to the origin or beginning
"Originally, the building was a church";
- primitively, in the beginning
- Before now
"why didn't you tell me originally?";
- in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with
- In a manner suggesting originality
"She approached the problem originally, coming up with a unique solution"
Encyclopedia: Originally